This reminds me of the evolutions of Mac OS X from Snow Leopard to Lion, and I think it's absolutely ridiculous. Social networks, shopping, etc. are all featur

This reminds me of the evolutions of Mac OS X from Snow Leopard to Lion, and I think it's absolutely ridiculous. Social networks, shopping, etc. are all features that should NEVER be part of the core of the computer operating system. These are things that should be opt-in experiences to the user and are unwanted bloat for many. The only reason Canonical, in my book, can get away with this and Apple can't is that Ubuntu is provided free of charge so there must be some sort of revenue stream, whereas OS X already costs me money and therefore I shouldn't have to put up with anything I don't want.